Library Media Services

Library Media Services

Mission

The mission of the Office of Library Media Services is to support district library media supervisors and other stakeholders; ensuring that school librarians create and maintain quality library programs that foster the love of reading and the effective use of ideas and information by both students and faculty. This mission is accomplished by building programs that:

provide intellectual and physical access to materials in a variety of formats

provide instruction to advance competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing and using information and ideas

involve other educators in designing learning strategies that meet the needs of individual students

Information Literacy: FINDS - Florida's Library Media Research Model

Focus on information need

Investigate resources to search for answer

Note and evaluate facts and ideas to answer the question

Develop information into knowledge for presentation

Score presentation and search process

FINDS, Florida's Library Media Research Model, incorporates research skills that are imbedded in the Florida Standards and provides a framework for the application of these standards through a sequential research process. By making use of a wide range of learning resources and the collaborative efforts of the classroom teacher and school librarian, students learn inquiry-based skills that are applicable across disciplines. Consequently, students acquire the dispositions and competencies needed to function successfully in this demanding, information-intense, technology-driven world.

READS- Florida's K-12 integrated library media reading guidelines

Read as a personal activity

Explore characteristics, history and awards of creative works

Analyze structure and aesthetic features of creative works

Develop a literary-based product

Score reading progress

One of the goals of the school library media program is to provide intellectual and physical access to a broad range of literature and informational reading materials for personal pleasure and curriculum support. Library media programs aggressively support reading through a variety of promotional and instructional strategies that are carefully crafted to meet the unique needs of learners at each developmental stage. Additionally, the library instructional and promotional activities are collaboratively planned with classroom teachers so that the concepts and skills taught in the classroom are reinforced, enriching the learning experience.

The ExC3EL Rubric provides a continuum for developing outstanding school library media programs that enhance and support the school's educational agenda. Quality library media programs provide a welcoming, resource-rich environment that supports multiple literacy's, cultivates a culture of inquiry and literary appreciation, and encourages the independent, ethical exploration of information and ideas.

School Library Award Program

Florida Power-Library Schools (FPLS) and Renewals
Program sponsored by The Florida Association of Supervisors of Media (FASM) and the Florida Department of Education's Library Media Services which recognizes outstanding library media programs in the State of Florida.

Certification

For information on educator certification and subject area requirements for Florida, please visit Educator Certification.

A resource guide to educator certification steps and guide for all states, please visit Teacher.org.